Robin Jacobsen, Helena, Montana Robin Jacobsen was born in Minnesota in 1963. He recently moved with his family to Helena, Montana, where he is in the sled dog equipment supply business. Robin began mushing in 1984 and has run the Iditarod seven times since 1987. Robin and Katy have two sons, Dawson, age 4, and Sawyer, age 1. Robin says his hobby is hunting.

DeeDee Jonrowe, Willow, Alaska DeeDee Jonrowe was born in Frankfort, Germany on December 20, 1953 while her father was stationed there with the US Army. His transfer to Ft. Richardson brought the family to Alaska in 1971. DeeDee has always loved the out of doors and dogs, so Alaska and dog mushing was just the right combination for this very personable lady. DeeDee’s team is one of the top contenders in any race. She won the John Beargrease in 1989 and finished second and third in Europe’s Alpirod. She has been in the top ten in every Iditarod since 1988. The Iditarod has awarded Dee the Sportsmanship Award, 1991, the Human Performance Award in 1989, the Alaska Airlines Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award in 1991, and the Most Inspirational Musher Award in 1993. DeeDee recently served two years as the mushers' representative on the Iditarod Board of Directors.

Linda Joy, Willow, Alaska Linda Joy was born in Pennsylvania on August 5, 1953 and raised in Key West, Florida. She raised her family of two children, Christopher, now 23 and Jodie, now 21, in Minnesota. Linda came to Alaska in 1992 with a plan to run the Iditarod in 1996. She says she hear that "all the good men were in Alaska and so far, I’ve found 53 great dogs, and it only took me three years to find one good man!" She began mushing when she worked for an organization that does outside activities with the physically challenged. Dog mushing was the first activity in which she participated with "Wilderness Inquiry’s." During the 1995 race, Linda volunteered at a checkpoint on the trail so that she could see first hand what is involved in running the Iditarod. In 1995 she finished the Knik 200, the Klondike 300 and the Tug Bar 120. She is kennel manager for Susitna Dog Tours Bread & Breakfast. Besides her two grown children, Linda has a year old granddaughter.